Nikolay Przhevalsky
Russian geographer
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky was a Russian geographer of Polish descent, and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia.
Although he never reached his ultimate goal, the holy city of Lhasa in Tibet, he traveled through regions then unknown... Wikipedia
Born: April 12, 1839, Pochinkovsky District, Russia
Died: November 1, 1888 (age 49 years), Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Place of burial: Przhevalsky Museum
Awards: Founder's Gold Medal
Education: gymnase N.M. Prjevalski de Smolensk (1855)
Full name: Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky